A member of the French Foreign Legion salutes ... with its emphasis on special operations forces — has also largely bypassed the legion. The United States maintains a separate organization ...

The Foreign legion is unique in that, contrary to popular belief, it is not a separate armed force but just another unit of the ... that the French have been reluctant in the last 50 or so years to ...

Franks Jr. quit his job in the U.S. Army, fled the country and secretly enlisted in the elite French Foreign ... so the two forces can integrate better in the future. The Legion’s operations ...

President Obama recently announced that an additional 250 Special ... a French army unit, except that its enlisted members come from all over the world. It’s time for an American Foreign Legion.

June 10, 2010: The French Foreign Legion ... professional fighting forces, much like the British SAS or the American Special Forces Groups. Unfortunately for the Legion, other, less savory myths about ...

A few times a year, select US troops get to attend a very special course ... earn the French Desert Commando Course qualification badge. The French Foreign Legion US forces began operating at ...

The 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces unit was providing security for the French Foreign Legion in the Uzbeen Valley as part of Operation Septentrion, protecting Task Force Lafayette troops ...

A subheading read: "Will the deployment of a Foreign Legion unit commanded by French officers trigger ... in the more than 2-year-old war that U.S. "forces are not and will not be engaged in ...